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as in affixed
to cause (something) to hold to another
use this paper clip to fasten your picture to the application form
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as in secured
to put securely in place or in a desired position
don't forget to fasten all the lines on your tent
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as in focused
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
if you could fasten your attention on one task for more than a minute, you just might get something done
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Recent Examples of fastened
Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
The silk-crepe and chiffon dress features a gauzy pink, iridescent overlay and fuschia lining with a halterneck style top fastened with candy pink feathers, and more feathers encircling the hips.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2025
The shoes are decorated with a slim strap that wraps around the ankle and are fastened by a gold buckle.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 12 Dec. 2025
Their first hoop was nothing more than iron rim fastened to a five-foot wooden post stuck out in their grass yard.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 26 Nov. 2025
There, a group of KPMG staffers followed and sometimes interjected their own thoughts on the building, while workers fastened the last screws on light bulbs and organized plants strewn around the office.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
The macaques were secured by three gates, each fastened by two sets of locks and latches.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Instead of stacks of money or safety deposit boxes, there are cameras, lights and screens fastened together to create two giant orbs.
—ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
These adjustable straps keep your personal item (backpack, tote or laptop bag) securely fastened to your roller bag.
—Deanna Taylor, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
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The complaint specifically cites an alleged failure to ensure the toilet was securely fastened to the floor.
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The feathery-looking gills also molt and remain attached inside near the legs.—
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The dining room, located in an attached structure connected to the original 1882 building, is called The Home Room.—
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The unlawful taking of any part or accessory affixed to the interior or exterior of a motor vehicle in a manner which would make the item an attachment of the vehicle or necessary for its operation.—
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For decades, the postmark — a mark affixed by the Postal Service that shows where and when mail was accepted — has been used in law as proof that an individual met a deadline, such as submitting a ballot by Election Day.—
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That win secured him a spot on Team USA, placing him on the Olympic development pathway through USA Boxing.—
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Objects that are outdoors should be secured and caution should be taken if driving.—
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While our immigration enforcement should be focused on apprehending and prosecuting violent criminals to make our communities safer, these ICE actions are doing the opposite and making our state less safe.—
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The museum, focused on the arts, history and technology, will draw tourists and scholars from around the world.—
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One is 36 and on the backside of his career but proud of the fact that he’s never missed the playoffs – which the 6-20 Clippers seemed bound to do.—
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These objects have hyperbolic orbits, as opposed to the bound circular or elliptical orbits of everything native to the solar system.—
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The interface incorporates gamification elements such as badges, achievements, and cocktail discovery missions tied to different locations.—
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That’s the difference between having a mere below-average QB versus an awful one tied to your receiver.—
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Florida’s defense has clamped up, holding opponents to three goals or fewer in six of these eight games.—
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The system the engineers developed consists of a series of pneumatic tubes that deploy from a pressurized box on one side of a robotic arm, use air pressure to snake under or around a specific object, then rejoin the arm on the other side where they are clamped in place.—
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While millions are riveted by Sunday’s seven-minute jewelry heist of Napoleonic jewels at the Louvre, another major sizable snatching, the 1990 break-in at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, resurfaced in the news in a different way.—
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The Adelsons’ involvement in the murder case’s tangled web has riveted those in the state capital — and thousands of internet true crime sleuths — for nearly a decade.—
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“Fastened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fastened. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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